I don’t understand this, like, it comes from a idea that there was a glorious time in the past where blue posts engaged with GD willy nilly, but at least for my time from Cataclysm to Now i only saw engagement from Devs in two moment.
First Pre-Mop from Xelnath in MMO-champion forum for the warlock rework and Now with Threads by Scarizard like Raid Rewards Experiments in Season 4 - #442 by Argorwal-ysera
I honestly think Devs and CMs have been engaging more in forum now than in the last few years.
As for Community Council, people there got selected from different backgrounds, and have enjoyed some of the answers they got from devs.